Governor McDonnell’s Commission on Government Reform and Restructuring will soon begin identifying opportunities to streamline, consolidate, privatize or eliminate inefficient or unnecessary services, programs and […]
Leonard Gilroy
Leonard Gilroy is director of government reform at Reason Foundation and Senior Fellow on Government Reform with the Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy in Virginia.
A multi-billion dollar state budget deficit is generally a good sign that it’s time for government downsizing. Virginia policymakers should not aim low by setting […]
Could the high-profile Kerfuffle over the state’s contract to consolidate and manage Virginia’s information technology (IT) infrastructure diminish our appetite for outsourcing and public-private partnerships?
Whether it is golf courses, miniature golf, water parks—or newspapers or health insurance—government should leave commercial activities to the private sector.
Virginia was a pioneer and early adopter in the privatization of various state government programs and functions. But given the pace at which other states […]
Like a number of other states, Virginia is pretty much papering over its current budget deficits through the use of temporary federal stimulus dollars, largely […]